Title: Subject to Change
Summary: What do you do when no one will take you in? You go to the one person who understands you, even if they live hundreds of miles away. Even if they are your arch enemy. Based on TUE.
Rating: Teen
Genres: Tragedy/Angst
Cel's Corner: Yay, I finally get a chance to update. To Mina-chan AMD, thank you for the many compliments. To epobbp, thanks, and it's okay. Maybe you'll see the whole thing one day. To Xara O'Connor, yes, I'm obsessed. Hehe. I'm glad you actually like this story. And...I'm not a communications major like SOME people, so I don't really care for the camera angle or anything of that nature. Also, I like the previews because it's sort of like a cliffie. Well, here's Chapter 2, people.
Chapter 2: Gone
Twelve hours after leaving Amity Park, Danny landed in front of a large mansion in Wisconsin. Instead of phasing through, he knocked on the huge wooden door. It opened and Danny stared at the ground, not wanting to see the older man's surprised expression.
"Daniel?" Vlad asked. Danny sighed.
"Would I be able to come in without getting attacked by ghosts?" Danny asked. Vlad nodded and led Danny inside. Danny looked up, his green eyes filled with fear. He was still in ghost form, just in case Vlad attacked him. His energy soon ran out and he involuntarily changed back into his human form.
"What's wrong, Daniel?" Vlad asked. Even though he wished Danny would join him on his own, he knew it would never happen, and that Danny was here for something else. Danny closed his eyes.
"I never want to go back to Amity Park again," Danny said. Vlad looked confused.
"But that's your home, Daniel," Vlad said. "That's where your family is. Your friends." Danny opened his eyes and stood up.
"Not anymore. Never again," Danny said. Vlad put his hands on Danny's shoulders.
"Daniel, I don't understand," Vlad said. Danny threw him against the wall.
"They're gone. Mom, Dad, Jazz, Tucker, Sam, they're all gone," Danny screamed as Vlad slumped to the ground. Tears streamed down Danny's red face, his eyes shining a bright green color. "Don't you understand? I have nothing left! NOTHING!" A green sphere encircled Danny and Vlad gasped as it grew larger and larger. "WHY CAN'T I HAVE A NORMAL LIFE?" Danny screamed. Vlad stood up.
"Danny, calm down," he said calmly. The green sphere disappeared and Danny's eyes turned their icy blue shade again, but they were clouded over with hot tears. Danny sobbed and wrapped his arms around the older man. Vlad put his hand on Danny's back comfortingly.
"I...I never got to tell them...I just...want it all to go away...I don't want to be a ghost anymore..." Danny said between sobs. Vlad stared out into space.
"Danny, why don't you sit down while I go get you something to drink?" Vlad asked. Danny nodded and sat down. Vlad walked out of the room and into the kitchen. A few minutes later, Vlad came back into the room with two coffee mugs. He gave one to Danny, and Danny stared at the brown liquid before drinking it slowly. Danny put the cup on the table beside the couch and his eyelids slowly dropped. His breathing was slow, and Vlad, smiling, left the room, mumbling something about sleeping pills.
Cel's Corner: Sorry it's so short.
"Danny, you're back!" Valerie said. Her smile faded when he didn't respond. "Danny?"
"Sorry, I don't go by Danny anymore," the ghost said. "The name's Plasmius." Valerie gasped and took out her bazooka.
"Where's Danny?" she asked, backing up. She backed into a wall and knew that she had lost.
"I told you, I'm not Danny anym--" the ghost began. He was suddenly hit by a green beam, and Valerie turned around. The beam had come from a six-year-old girl with slightly dark skin and blue-green eyes. Her black hair was up in a ponytail, and she had a small weapon in her hand. Valerie smiled.
"Where's your mom?" Valerie asked. A woman came out of the shadows. She looked just like the girl except her eyes were an aqua color. The woman was wearing a black jumpsuit and had a Fenton Thermos in her hand.
"I'm right here," she said with a slightly hispanic accent.
"Well, well, well," a voice said. The ghost smiled at the sight. "Who would have thought that you would become a ghost hunter?"
"I'm doing it for Danny," the woman said. The ghost laughed.
"Danny Phantom doesn't exist anymore," he said.